Lot 283
L. A. von Savoyen, Der Ruwenzori. Leipzig 1909.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
283
Category:
Geography and work of views
Artist:
Ludwig Amadeus von Savoyen
Savoyen, Ludwig Amadeus von: Der Ruwenzori. Erforschung und erste Ersteigung seiner höchsten Gipfel. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus 1909. 22,9 x 15 cm. With 190 illustrations, after V. Sella, including 35 full-page plates, 4 panoramas on 2 folded leaves and 4 maps, one of which is folded at the end. Xll pp., 471 pp. Orange Original linen with gold lettering and a colour illustration on the title page. Spine label with the title in black and the printer’s mark.
(The edges are slightly worn and discoloured. The top edge is stained and soiled.)
Plates appear partly within and partly outside the pagination. The work was edited by expedition member F. de Filippi. The main report is supplemented by numerous scientific findings: astronomical and geological observations, and lists of the objects collected during the expedition.
(The edges are slightly worn and discoloured. The top edge is stained and soiled.)
Plates appear partly within and partly outside the pagination. The work was edited by expedition member F. de Filippi. The main report is supplemented by numerous scientific findings: astronomical and geological observations, and lists of the objects collected during the expedition.